Gilas Pilipinas coach Tim Cone maintained that he will be calling the shots for the team only for the Hangzhou Asian Games, which kick off on Sept. 23.
Cone stressed on Noli Eala’s Power and Play that he accepted the coaching job for Gilas Pilipinas on an interim basis.
“I do not want to go beyond that (the Asian Games),” he said. “I’m just hopefully just helping out the SBP (Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas) and the country at this point.”
“It was basically very similar when I did the SEA Games in 2019. I was just holding the position, allowing them to figure out what to do in the future.”
Cone mentored the 2019 Gilas squad, which was practically made up of PBA players, to a gold medal finish, beating Thailand in the finals.
The SBP, through the intervention of San Miguel Corp. head honcho Ramon S. Ang, convinced Cone to replace Chot Reyes after the latter stepped aside following a disappointing campaign in the 2023 FIBA World Cup.
“That’s my goal; just do the Asian games and let them decide (for the future Gilas coach),” he said.
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